YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE

OBVIOUSLY KNOW YOU FROM "BATES

MOTEL."

HOW MUCH TIME BETWEEN THAT ONE

AND THIS NEW SHOW?

>> THREE DAYS.

>> Jimmy: THREE DAYS?

>> THREE DAYS AFTER I FINISHED.

>> Jimmy: IT SEEMED LIKE THAT

SHOW JUST CONCLUDED AND NOW

YOU'RE ON THIS SHOW.

>> SORRY, I KNOW, I CAME BACK

TOO SOON.

>> Jimmy: IT'S OKAY.

YOU CAN NEVER COME BACK TOO

SOON.

YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY VERY YOUNG,

AND YOU'RE PLAYING A DOCTOR ON

THIS SHOW, WHICH IS UNUSUAL.

BUT THE CHARACTER IS AN UNUSUAL

CHARACTER.

>> YES, HE IS INDEED, AN UNUSUAL

CHARACTER.

I GUESS I'M 25.

MAYBE I LOOK YOUNGER.

PEOPLE ARE LIKE, YOU CANNOT PLAY

A 25-YEAR-OLD.

BUT I AM 25.

SO I APOLOGIZE FOR DISRESPECTING

25-YEAR-OLDS OR SOMETHING.

>> Jimmy: NO, THERE'S NOTHING

YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT.

I SEE YOU'RE TRYING TO GROW A

LITTLE BIT OF FACIAL HAIR,

BUT --

>> I'VE ONLY HAD A DAY OR TWO

SINCE I WAS ON SET WITH THE

CLEAN SHAVEN LOOK.

>> Jimmy: IS THIS A PROBLEM YOU

LOOKING YOUNGER THAN YOU

GENERALLY ARE, LIKE IF YOU GO TO

A BAR?

>> NOT TOO BAD.

>> Jimmy: IT'S NOT?

>> AT LEAST IN ENGLAND, IT'S 18

TO DRINK.

>> Jimmy: IN ENGLAND, YEAH.

>> YOU JUST DO WHATEVER YOU

WANT.

>> Jimmy: WHAT PART OF ENGLAND

ARE YOU FROM?

>> LONDON.

>> Jimmy: THE ONLY PART I KNOW

IS LONDON, SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW

WHY I ASK THAT QUESTION.

IT'S LIKE, OH, YES, YOU'RE FROM

BOSTWICK.

I DON'T KNOW.

>> NEARLY.

NEAR BOSTWICK.

>> Jimmy: IS THERE A BOSTWICK?

>> THERE PROBABLY IS.

>> Jimmy: I DON'T KNOW WHERE

THAT CAME FROM.

YOU WERE IN A COUPLE MOVIES WITH

JOHNNY DEPP, RIGHT?

>> YES.

>> Jimmy: CHARLIE & THE

CHOCOLATE FACTORY.

>> AND FINDING NEVERLAND.

>> Jimmy: WOW.

SO DID YOU GO TO A REGULAR

SCHOOL, OR DID JOHNNY TEACH YOU

EVERYTHING?

>> I GUESS IN TERMS OF ACTING HE

TAUGHT ME A LOT, BUT NO, I GO TO

A REGULAR SCHOOL BACK IN

ENGLAND.

>> Jimmy: AND DID YOU GO TO

COLLEGE AS WELL?

>> YES.

YEAH, I WENT AND DID LANGUAGES

ARABIC AND SPANISH.

>> Jimmy: ARABIC AND SPANISH?

REALLY?

>> YEAH.

GENUINELY.

AS OPPOSED TO ME LYING TO YOU.

>> Jimmy: IT JUST SEEMS ODD.

SO YOU COULD CARRY ON A

CONVERSATION WITH GUILLERMO IN

ESPANOL?

>> I COULD DO MY BEST.

THE ARABIC --

>> Jimmy: IS BETTER?

>> NO, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I

PRACTICED.

>> Jimmy: WHY DID YOU STUDY

LANGUAGES INSTEAD OF ACTING?

>> PEOPLE THINK THE ARABIC IS

BECAUSE I'M A SPY.

BUT IT ISN'T THE CASE, I'M NOT A

SPY.

>> Jimmy: IF YOU WERE A SPY, YOU

WOULD CERTAINLY NOT SAY YOU WERE

A SPY.

>> THIS WOULD BE THE PERFECT

COVER, WOULDN'T IT?

>> Jimmy: IT WOULD BE.

AND BASED ON MY RESEARCH

WATCHING JAMES BOND MOVIES, A

LOT OF SPIES DO HAVE A SIMILAR

ACCENT TO YOURS.

>> YOU NEVER KNOW.

>> Jimmy: SO YOU MIGHT BE A SPY.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHO SENT ME HERE

TO INVESTIGATE YOU, JIMMY.

AND WHAT YOU'VE BEEN UP TO.

>> Jimmy: IT COULD BE ANYONE.

IT COULD BE THE PRESIDENT.

YOU KNOW, HE'S TURNING OVER A

LOT OF ROCKS RIGHT NOW.

>> EXACTLY.

>> Jimmy: SO YOU WENT AND

STUDIED ARABIC AND SPANISH.

AND THEN DID YOU EVER DO

ANYTHING WITH THAT INFORMATION?

>> I MEAN, I DID MY YEAR ABROAD

IN MADRID, WHICH I COMBINED WITH

THE FIRST SEASON OF "BATES

MOTEL."

I WAS WORKING AT A LAW FIRM IN

MADRID, PRACTICING MY SPANISH.

>> Jimmy: SO YOU WERE WORKING AT

A LAW FIRM AND IT WAS ODD TO

YOUR CO-WORKERS THAT NORMAN

BATES WAS WORKING THERE WITH

THEM?

>> I GUESS THEY HID ALL THE

KNIVES IN THE KITCHEN, KEPT THEM

AWAY FROM ME.

>> Jimmy: WERE THEY AWARE OF

YOUR ACTING AT THE TIME?

>> THEY WERE, YES.

>> Jimmy: AND SO DID YOU -- I

MEAN, WAS IT LIKE A REGULAR WORK

SITUATION, WHERE YOU HUNG OUT

WITH PEOPLE AND WENT TO, I DON'T

KNOW, OUT FOR DRINKS AFTERWARDS?

>> YEAH.

I ACTUALLY LIVED ABOVE A BAR

WHEN I WAS IN MADRID.

SO IN THE EVENINGS, I'D TRY AND

SOCIALIZE.

NOT THAT I DIDN'T LIKE THE

LAWYERS, BUT I'D HAVE, YOU KNOW,

AN ATTEMPT TO INGRACIATE MYSELF

WITH THE LOCALS WATCHING THE

SPANISH FOOTBALL GAMES DOWN

BELOW.

>> Jimmy: I SEE.

>> AND I'D PRETEND THAT I HAD A

SPANISH GRANDMOTHER.

>> Jimmy: WHY?

>> BECAUSE THEN I COULD CHEER

FOR THE SPANISH TEAM AND THEY

WOULD ACCEPT ME AS ONE OF THEIR

OWN.

>> Jimmy: IS THAT HOW IT WORKS?

>> YOU GO DOWN AND CHEER ON

SPAIN AND THEY'D LOOK CLEARLY AT

ME, THE PALE, SUN-STARVED BRIT,

SAYING, ARE YOU REALLY SPANISH?

AND SO I CAME UP WITH THIS BACK

STORY THAT MY GRANDMOTHER WAS

BORN IN GLEETHIA, WHICH IS THE

NORTHWEST PART OF SPAIN.

>> Jimmy: OF COURSE.

NEAR BOSTWICK.

>> NEAR BOSTWICK, IN A LITTLE

VILLAGE, AND THERE WAS THIS HUGE

LONG BACK STORY.

>> Jimmy: CALLED FAT POTATO?

>> FAT POTATO IMPACT.

>> Jimmy: WHY DO YOU FEEL LIKE

YOU'RE SCREWING WITH ME AND YOUR

FRIENDS ARE LAUGHING THEIR ASSES

OFF THAT HE GOT THAT POTATO IN

THERE.

ALL RIGHT, I WENT TOO FAR.

THAT POTATO.

THAT'S INTERESTING.

AND THEN YOU WIND UP BEING AN

ACTOR.

IT'S LIKE YOU WASTED ALL THAT

TIME.

>> I KNOW.

CERTAINLY IN TERMS OF THE LAW

BECAUSE I DID EUROPEAN LAW AND

OBVIOUSLY NOW WITH BREXIT, IT

WAS A COMPLETE WASTE OF MY TIME.

>> Jimmy: SO THE SPECIFIC LAW

YOU STUDIED --

>> WILL BE OBSOLETE.

>> Jimmy: DO YOU THINK YOU'LL

EVER BE A LAWYER?

>> MAYBE.

YOU NEVER KNOW.

DEPENDS.

IF THINGS GO BADLY, ACTING

WISE --?

>> Jimmy: FOR NOW YOU'RE A

DOCTOR.

IF IT DOESN'T WORK OUT, YOU'LL

BECOME A LAWYER.

>> EXACTLY.

>> Jimmy: TELL US ABOUT THIS

CHARACTER, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY

SOMETHING THAT I DON'T THINK

WE'VE SEEN BEFORE ON TELEVISION.

>> NO.

HE -- I MEAN HE'S A YOUNG

SURGEON WHO MOVES FROM HIS QUITE

COUNTRY LIFE TO JOIN THIS

PRESTIGIOUS HOSPITAL.

AND HE HAS AUTISM AND ALSO HAS

SERVANT SYNDROME AND HIS

CONDITION SPARKS A DEBATE AS TO

WHETHER OR NOT THEY SHOULD BE

HIRING SOMEONE LIKE SEAN.

>> Jimmy: AND ARE YOU FEELING A

LOT ABOUT MEDICINE?

ARE YOU GAINING ANY PRACTICAL

KNOWLEDGE?

>> A LITTLE BIT.

IN SOME WAYS.

WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF HEART

SURGERIES NOW AND I FEEL LIKE I

KNOW WHAT TO DO.

[ LAUGHTER ]

ECHO CARDIO GRAM, THAT ALL

SORTED OUT.

THERE'S ALL THE JARGON THAT YOU

HAVE TO LEARN.

>> Jimmy: WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED

JARGON WISE?

>> TODAY ON THE PLANE OVER, WHAT

WAS THERE?

IT WAS ENDOSCOPIC RETRO GRADE --

SO THAT'S -- IT'S PROBABLY A

SPOILER.

>> Jimmy: THEY KNOW WHERE THAT

POTATO WENT IN, RIGHT?

>> IT'S ALL THE SAME THING.

I JUST SAY SPANISH VILLAGES AND

PEOPLE BUY IT.

>> Jimmy: GOOD LUCK WITH THE

SHOW.

IT'S CALLED "THE GOOD DOCTOR,"

IT AIRS MONDAY NIGHTS AT 10:00